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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- March 18, 2021
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Suspects
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Victims
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A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a four co-defendants in a homicide case to go to before a jury in 2023.
Alonzo Brown, 23, Naquel Henderson, 23, Tavist Alston, 27, and Stephon Evans, 20, are charged with first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Michael Taylor on the 1700 block of Benning Road, NE on Jan. 12, 2019.
According to court documents, Alston allegedly drove the other three co-defendants to an apartment complex where Taylor was shot and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries.
During the March 18 trial readiness hearing, Judge Juliet McKenna set aide May 3 through June 9, 2023, for the trial. Jury selection will take place on May 1 and 2.
Judge McKenna also scheduled a trial readiness hearing for Sept. 13.
All four co-defendants are also charged with conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and assault with intent to kill while armed.